• Win for ‘Big Sam’ as he becomes first to manage seven Premier clubs • Pardew buoyed by display as West Brom are held in his first game Sam Allardyce savoured an ideal start to his new job as he made an instant impact as Everton manager with a 2-0 home win against Huddersfield while Alan Pardew,...

This may not have been exactly how Alan Pardew would have imagined his return to the dugout, yet on a day that saw both he and opposite number Roy Hodgson face their former clubs, a first clean sheet in 10 matches at least gave West Brom’s new manager something to build on. A frustrating afternoo...

Alan Pardew’s first game in charge of West Brom, perhaps inevitably, is against the last team he managed. Crystal Palace showed Pardew the door three days before Christmas last year as they struggled near the bottom of the league but the Baggies’ board clearly believe he has not lost all his powe...

Sam Allardyce and Alan Pardew get started at new clubs, Tottenham go to Watford needing an upturn in form and will Nathan Redmond respond to Guardiola’s pep talk? Olivier Giroud has had to be patient this season. Although he has been a regular starter in the Europa League, the man who was once Ar...

The appointments of Allardyce, Pardew, Moyes et al have caught flak but foreign managers from Pep Guardiola to Marco Silva are shining and likewise Englishmen such as Sean Dyche and Eddie Howe It is a little more than a month since Sam Allardyce appeared alongside Richard Keys and Andy Gray in th...

• Former Palace manager replaces Tony Pulis at The Hawthorns • Pardew’s first match will be against previous club Crystal Palace Alan Pardew has been appointed as West Bromwich Albion’s manager, replacing Tony Pulis. The 56-year-old, who has been out of work since being sacked by Crystal Palace l...

Fleetingly it seemed as if joy had returned to The Hawthorns, as goals by Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Field put West Bromwich Albion on course for their first victory since August. But instead the home side ended up clinging on for a point, as their two-goal lead was whittled away by a Newcastle Unit...

Is there a possible straw for Manchester City rivals to clutch at? Jack Wilshere has an impact off the bench and Riyad Mahrez is treading water at Leicester Manchester City proved they possess the spirit to match their skills in fighting back from an undeserved half-time deficit to claim this win...

• ‘It’s an attractive job so we’ll see where it goes, ’ says Pardew • Discussions follow West Brom’s sacking of Tony Pulis Alan Pardew has held talks about taking over as West Bromwich Albion manager following the Premier League club’s sacking of Tony Pulis last week, the former Crystal Palace ma...